Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s Nomination as Chief Justice Referred to Appointments Committee
Justice Paul Baffoe- Bonnie
ACCRA, Ghana — Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has referred the nomination of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Chief Justice to the Appointments Committee for vetting and recommendation to the House.
The referral follows President John Dramani Mahama’s submission of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s name to Parliament in line with Article 144(1) of the 1992 Constitution, which empowers the President to appoint a Chief Justice in consultation with the Council of State and with parliamentary approval. Speaker Bagbin, in making the referral on the floor of Parliament, directed the Committee to expedite its work and present its report to the plenary for final consideration.
The development comes after the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo for stated misbehavior, based on the findings of a constitutional committee established under Article 146 of the Constitution. Justice Baffoe-Bonnie has been acting Chief Justice since April 2025, following Justice Torkornoo’s suspension. As the most senior judge currently on Ghana’s Supreme Court, he brings over four decades of legal and judicial experience.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court in June 2008 by former President John Agyekum Kufuor. Born on December 26, 1956, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie began his education in Goaso and later attended Konongo Odumase Secondary School, where he obtained both his Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates. He pursued law at the University of Ghana and the Ghana School of Law, where he was called to the Bar in 1983. His judicial career includes service as a Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi, a High Court Judge at Duayaw Nkwanta, and a Court of Appeal Judge, before his elevation to the Supreme Court.
If approved by Parliament, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie will officially assume leadership of Ghana’s judiciary, taking over at a critical time following the dramatic removal of his predecessor.
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